Tascam CD-500B Ultra-compact Professional CD Player

The CD-500B is an extremely compact professional CD player. The slimline housing comprises a slot-loading drive with a reliable brush-less motor as well as a full set of functions ideal for small broadcast or recording studios, theatres, touring sound companies, fitness studios or any permanent installation. Alongside the typical play and repeat modes, the player offers many functions for professional use, such as flash start, autocue (search for the beginning of the track), auto ready (automatic pause at the end of a track), call (jump to the position at which playback was last started), pitch control (±16%) including the opportunity to alter the tempo while retaining the key, intro-check or fade-in/fade-out. In order to be able to integrate into media control devices and into permanent installations, there is a relay play function, fader start or event start capability, EOM signal and a serial port. Furthermore, the device can resume playback after being switched on again and can remember a variety of operating conditions after being switched off. The professional CD-500B provides the user with an additional XLR balanced analogue output, and AES/EBU digital output and a parallel port.

• Ultra-compact rack-mountable CD player (1U)
• Highly reliable brushless motor
• The slot-in CD drive mechanism
• Audio CD-R/RW, MP3 (192KBit/s) and WAV playback
• Flash start capability for up to 20 tracks
• Numeric keys for track selection and flash start
• Frame accurate search
• Call function (return to the point where playback last started)
• Skip back function (jump back a few seconds during playback)
• Autocue, auto ready, intro check functions
• Resume function
• Index search for audio CDs
• XLR balanced analogue output (output level may be customized by technical support)
• XLR AES/EBU digital output
• D-sub 15-pin parallel control port

• Product Dimensions (mm): 45x483x301
• Net weight (kg): 3.7
• Colour: Black
• Compatible With: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R/CD-RW (12 cm only)
• Frequency Response (Hz): Audio Performance 20 Hz - 20 kHz, ±0.5dB
• Power consumption (W): 11
• Power Supply: 100-240 V AC, 50-60 Hz